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Regulations 

for  the 

Regular  Army  Reserve 

•    Under  Acts  of  Congress  Approved 
August  24.  1912.  and  June  3.  1916 


August  15.  1916 


WASHINGTON 

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Regulations 

for  the 

Regular  Army  Reserve 


Under  Acts  of  Congress  Approved 
August  24,  1912,  and  June  3,  1916 


August  15,1916 


WASHINGTON 
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Wab  Depaetment, 
Office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff, 

Washington,  August  15,  1916. 
The  following  laws  and  regulations  governing  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  are  published  for  the  information  and  guidance 
of  all  concerned. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War : 

[2430200,  A.  G.  O.]  H.  L.  Scott, 

Major  General,  Chief  of  Staff. 
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LAWS  GOVERNING  THE  REGULAR  ARMY  RESERVE. 


1,  Extracts  from  the  act  of  Congress  "  For  making  further 
and  more  effectual  provision  for  the  national  defense,  and  for 
other  purposes,"  approved  June  3,  1916. 

Sec.  2.  COMPOSITION  OF  THE  REGULAR  ARMY.  The 
Regular  Army  of  the  United  States,  *  *  *  shall  consist 
of     *     *     *,     the  Regular  Army  Reserve     *     *     *. 

Sec.  19.  COMPOSITION  OF  FIELD  ARTILLERY  UNITS. 
*  *  *  In  time  of  actual  or  threatened  hostilities  the  Presi- 
dent is  authorized  to  organize  such  number  of  ammunition  bat- 
teries and  battalions,  depot  batteries  and  battalions,  and  such 
artillery  parks  with  such  numbers  and  grades  of  personnel  and 
such  organizations  as  he  may  deem  necessary.  *  *  *  The 
enlisted  men  necessary  for  such  organizations  shall  be  supplied 
from  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  provided  by  this  act  or  from 
the  Regular  Army.     *     *     * 

Sec.  27.  ENLISTMENTS  IN  THE  REGULAR  ARMY.  On 
and  after  the  first  day  of  November,  nineteen  hundred  and  six- 
teen, all  enlistments  in  the  Regular  Army  shall  be  for  a  term 
of  seven  years,  the  first  three  years  to  be  in  the  active  service 
with  the  organizations  of  which  those  enlisted  form  a  part  and, 
except  as  otherwise  provided  herein,  the  last  four  years  in  the 
Regular  Army  Reserve  hereinafter  provided  for ;  *  *  *  pro- 
Tided  further.  That  after  the  expiration  of  one  year's  honorable 
service  any  enlisted  man  serving  within  the  continental  limits 
of  the  United  States  whose  company,  troop,  battery,  or  detach- 
ment commander  shall  report  him  as  proficient  and  sufficiently 
trained  may,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  be  fur- 
loughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  under  such  regulations 
as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe,  but  no  man  furloughed 
to  the  reserve  shall  be  eligible  to  reenlist  in  the  service  until 
the  expiration  of  his  term  of  seven  years.     *     *     * 

Sec.  29.  FINAL  DISCHARGE  OF  ENLISTED  MEN.  No  en- 
listed man  in  the  Regular  Army  shall  receive  his  final  discharge 
until  the  termination  of  his  seven-year  term  of  enlistment  except 
upon  reenlistment  as  provided  for  in  this  act  or  as  provided  by 
law  for  discharge  prior  to  expiration  of  term  of  enlistment,  but 
(5) 


when  au  enlisted  man  is  fuiioughetl  to  tlic  Regular  Army  Re- 
serve his  account  shall  be  closed  and  he  shall  be  paid  in  full  to 
the  date  such  furlough  becomes  effective,  including  allowances 
provided  by  law  for  discharged  soldiers :  Provided,  That  when 
by  reason  of  death  or  disability  of  a  member  of  the  family  of 
an  enlisted  man  occurring  after  his  enlistment  members  of  his 
family  become  dependent  upon  him  for  support,  he  may,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  be  discharged  from  the 
service  of  the  United  States  or  be  furloughed  to  the  Regular 
Array  Reserve,  upon  due  proof  being  made  of  such  condition : 
Provided  further.  That  when  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  by 
purchase  while  in  active  service  he  shall  be  furloughed  to  the 
Regular  Army  Reserve,  unless,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  he  is  given  a  final  discharge  from  the  Army. 

Sec.  30.  COMPOSITION  OP  THE  REGULAR  ARMY  RE-^ 
SERVE.  The  Regular  Army  Reserve  shall  consist  of,  first,  all 
enlisted  men  now  in  the  Army  Reserve  or  who  shall  hereafter 
become  members  of  the  Army  Reserve  under  the  provisions  of 
existing  law ;  second,  all  enlisted  men  furloughed  to  or  enlisted 
in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  under  the  provisions  of  this  act ; 
and,  third,  any  person  holding  an  honorable  discharge  from  the 
Regular  Array  with  character  reported  at  least  good  who  is 
physically  qualified  for  the  duties  of  a  soldier  and  not  over 
forty-five  years  of  age  who  enlists  in  the  Regular  Array  Reserve 
for  a  period  of  four  years. 

Sec.  31.  The  President  is  authorized  to  assign  members  of 
the  Regular  Army  Reserve  as  reserves  to  particular  organiza- 
tions of  the  Regular  Army,  or  to  organize  the  Regular  Army 
Reserve,  or  any  part  thereof,  into  units  or  detachments  of  any 
arm,  corps,  or  department  in  such  manner  as  he  may  prescribe, 
and  to  assign  to  such  units  and  detachments  ofiicers  of  the 
Regular  Army  or  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps  herein  pro- 
vided for;  and  he  may  summon  the  Regular  Array  Reserve  or 
any  part  thereof  for  field  training  for  a  period  not  exceeding 
fifteen  days  in  each  year,  the  reservists  to  receive  travel  ex- 
penses and  pay  at  the  rate  of  their  respective  grades  in  the 
Regular  Army  during  such  periods  of  training;  and  in  the 
event  of  actual  or  threatened  hostilities  he  may  mobilize  the 
Regular  Army  Reserve  in  such  manner  as  he  may  determine, 
and  thereafter  retain  it,  or  any  part  thereof,  in  active  service 
for  such  period  as  he  may  determine  the  conditions  demand : 
Provided,  That  all  enlistments  in  the  Regular  Array,  including 


those  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  which  are  in  force  on  the 
date  of  the  outbreak  of  war  shall  continue  in  force  for  one 
year,  unless  sooner  terminated  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of 
War,  but  nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to  shorten  the  time 
of  enlistment  prescribed  :  Provided  further,  That  subject  to  such 
regulations  as  the  President  may  prescribe  for  their  proper 
identification,  and  location,  and  physical  condition,  the  members 
of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  shall  be  paid  semiannually  at  the 
rate  of  $24  a  year  while  in  the  reserve. 

Sec.  32.  REGULAR  ARMY  RESERVE  IN  TIME  OF  WAR. 
When  mobilized  by  order  of  the  President,  the  members  of  the 
Regular  Army  Reserve  shall,  so  long  as  they  may  remain  in 
active  service,  receive  the  pay  and  allowances  of  enlisted  men 
of  the  Regular  Army  of  like  grades :  Provided,  That  any  en- 
listed man  who  shall  have  reenlisted  in  the  Regular  Army  Re- 
serve shall  receive  during  such  active  service  the  additional 
pay  now  provided  by  law  for  enlisted  men  in  his  arm  of  the 
service  in  the  second  enlistment  period :  Provided  further.  That 
upon  reporting  for  duty,  and  being  found  physically  fit  for  serv- 
ice, members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  shall  receive  a  sum 
equal  to  .$3  per  month  for  each  month  during  which  they  shall 
have  belonged  to  the  reserve,  as  well  as  the  actual  necessary  cost 
of  transportation  and  subsistence  from  their  homes  to  the  places 
at  which  they  may  be  ordered  to  report  for  duty  under  such 
summons :  And  provided  further.  That  service  in  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  shall  confer  no  right  to  retirement  or  retired 
pay,  and  members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  shall  become 
entitled  to  pension  only  through  disability  incurred  while  on 
active  duty  in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 

Sec.  33.  USE  OF  OTHER  DEPARTMENTS  OP  THE  GOV- 
ERNINIENT.  The  President  may,  subject  to  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  in  his  judgment  may  be  necessary,  utilize  t\w 
services  of  members  and  employees  of  all  departments  of  the 
Government  of  the  United  States,  without  expense  to  the  indi- 
vidual reservist,  for  keeping  in  touch  with,  paying,  and  mobiliz- 
ing the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  the  Enlisted  Reserve  Corps,  and 
other  reserve  organizations. 

Sec.  34.  REENLISTMENT  IN  TIME  OP  WAR.  For  the  pur- 
pose of  iitilizing  as  an  auxiliary  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve 
the  services  of  men  who  have  had  experience  and  training  in 
the  Regular  Army,  or  in  the  United  States  Volunteers,  outside 
of  the  continental  limits  of  the  United  States,  in  time  of  actual 


or  threatened  hostilities,  and  after  the  President  shall,  by  proc- 
lamation, have  called  upon  honorably  discharged  soldiers  of  the 
Refrular  Army  to  present  themselves  for  reenlistment  therein 
within  a  specified  period,  subject  to  such  conditions  as  may  be 
prescribed,  any  person  who  shall  have  been  discharged  honor- 
ably from  said  Army,  with  character  reported  as  at  least  good, 
and  who,  having  been  found  physically  qualified  for  the  duties 
of  a  soldier,  if  not  over  fifty  years  of  age,  shall  reenlist  in  the  line 
of  said  Army,  or  in  the  Signal,  Quartermaster,  or  IVIedical  De- 
partment thereof,  within  the  period  that  shall  be  specified  in 
said  proclamation,  shall  receive  on  so  reenlisting  a  bounty  which 
shall  be  computed  at  the  rate  of  $S  for  each  month  for  the  first 
year  of  the  period  that  shall  have  elapsed  since  his  last  dis- 
charge from  the  Regular  Army  and  the  date  of  his  reenlist- 
ment therein  under  the  terms  of  said  proclamation ;  at  the  rate 
of  $6  per  month  for  the  second  year  of  such  period ;  at  the  rate 
of  $4  per  month  for  the  third  year  of  such  period ;  and  at  the 
rate  of  $2  per  month  for  any  subsequent  year  of  such  period ; 
l)ut  no  bounty  in  excess  of  $300  shall  be  paid  to  any  person  under 
the  terms  of  this  section. 

REGULATIONS  FOR  THE  REGULAR  ARMY  RESERVE. 

2.  COMPOSITION. 

(1)  All  enlisted  men  now  in  the  Army  Reserve  or  who  shall 
hereafter  become  members  of  the  Army  Reserve  under  the  act 
of  August  24,  1912.      (Sec.  30,  act  of  June  3,  1916.) 

(2)  All  men  enlisted  prior  to  November  1,  1916,  who  upon 
their  written  application  to  that  effect  are  fuiioughed  to  the 
Army  Reserve,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  at 
the  expiration  of  three  years'  continuous  service  with  the  or- 
ganizations of  which  they  form  a  part.  (Sec.  2,  act  of  August 
24,  1912,  and  sec.  27,    act  of  June  3.  1916.) 

(3)  All  men  enlisted  prior  to  November  1,  1916,  who  upon 
completion  of  four  years'  service  with  organizations  of  wliich 
they  form  a  part,  are  furloughed  to  the  Army  Reserve,  unless 
they  have  applied  for  discharge  with  a  view  to  immediate  re- 
enlistment  for  a  period  of  seven  years,  or  have  applied  in  writ- 
ing for  authority  to  remain  with  the  organizations  to  which 
they  belong  until  completion  of  their  whole  enlistments,  subject 
to  good  conduct  and  physical  fitness.  ( Sec.  2,  act  of  August  24, 
1912.) 


(4)  All  men  enlisted  on  or  after  November  1,  1916,  furloughed 
to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  after  three  years'  active  service 
with  the  organizations  of  which  they  shall  have  formed  a  part. 
(Sec.  27,  act  of  June  3,  1916.) 

(5)  All  enlisted  men  furloughed,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  after  the  expira- 
tion of  one  year's  lionorable  service,  if  sei'ving  within  the  con- 
tinental limits  of  the  United  States  at  time  of  furlough  and  re- 
ported proficient  and  sufficiently  trained  by  their  proper  com- 
manders.    ( Sec.  27,  act  of  June  3,  1916. ) 

(6)  All  enlisted  men  furloughed,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  after  the  expira- 
tion of  one  year's  service  in  lieu  of  discharge  from  the  service, 
A^  hen  by  reason  of  death  or  disability  of  a  member  of  any  such 
man's  family  after  his  enlistment  members  of  his  family  become 
dependent  upon  him  for  support.  (Sec.  30,  act  of  February  2, 
1901,  and  .sec.  29,  act  of  June  3,  1916. ) 

(7)  Enlisted  men  who  apply  for  discharge  by  purchase  and 
comply  with  regulations  governing  such  privilege,  who  in  the 
discretion  of  the  Secretary  of  War  are  furloughed  to  the  Regu- 
lar Army  Reserve  in  lieu  of  discharge.  (Sec.  29,  act  of  June 
3,  1916.) 

(8)  Those  who  reenlist  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  at  the 
expiration  of  a  seven  years'  term  of  enlistment  or  within  three 
months  thereafter.  (Sec.  32,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  sec.  3, 
act  of  August  1,  1894.) 

(9)  Those  who,  being  honorably  discharged  soldiers  with 
character  reported  at  least  good,  physically  qualified,  and  not 
over  forty-five  years  of  age  enlist  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve. 
(Sec.  30,  act  of  June  3,  1916.) 

ENLISTMENT. 

%.  All  enlistments  and  reenlistments  in  the  Regular  Army 
Reserve  shall  be  for  a  period"  of  four  years. 

4.  Enlistments  and  reenlistments  in  the  Regular  Army  Re- 
serve may  be  made  by  any  officer  authorized  by  the  War  De- 
partment to  recruit  for  the  Army.  Rules  and  x'egulations  gov- 
erning the  enlistment  and  reenlistment  of  persons  for  the 
Regular  Army  will  apply  to  enlistments  and  reenlistments  for 
the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  with  the  following  exceptions: 

(a)  No  applicant  for  enlistment  or  reenlistment  in  the  Regu- 
lar Army  Reserve  will  be  held  at  a  general  recruiting  station, 
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recruit  depot,  depot  post,  or  other  place,  either  pending  his 
acceptance  or  after  tlie  enlistment  is  completed,  nor  will  he  be 
forwarded  to  a  recruit  depot,  depot  post,  or  other  place. 

(ft)  If  otherwise  qualified,  married  men  may  be  enlisted  or 
reenlisted  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  without  reference  to 
higher  authority. 

(c)  If  otherwise  qualified,  applicants  not  over  45  years  of 
age  may  be  enlisted  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve. 

(d)  Former  service  as  indicated  in  subdivisions  (8)  and  (9) 
of  paragraph  2  is  required  as  a  qualification  for  enlistment  or 
reenlistment  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve. 

(e)  If  a  noncommissioned  ofl[icer  reenlist  in  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  within  three  months  of  the  date  of  his  discharge, 
his  warrant  as  such  will  remain  in  force  as  of  the  arm,  corps, 
or  department,  but  not  of  the  organization,  in  which  it  was  re- 
ceived. Each  reenlistment  and  continuance  will  be  noted  on 
the  warrant  by  the  oflJicer  reenlisting  such  soldier. 

5.  After  the  nature  and  terms  of  enlistment  in  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  have  been  fully  explained  to  the  applicant  and 
before  the  enlistment  blanks  are  filled  the  officer  will  read  to 
him  and  offer  him  for  his  signature  the  following  declaration, 
which  forms  part  of  the  enlistment  paper : 

DECLAKATION    OF   APPLICANT. 

I, ,  desiring  to enlist  in  the  Regular  Army 

Reserve  of  the  United  States  for  the  terra  of  four  years,  do 
declare  that  I  am  of  the  legal  age  to  enlist  (or  reenlist)  and 
believe  myself  to  be  physically  qualified  to  perform  the  duties 
of  an  able-botlied  soldier;  and  I  do  further  declare  that  I  am 
of  good  habits  and  character  in  all  respects  and  have  never  been 
discharged  from  the  Unite<l  States  service  (Army  or  Navy)  or 
any  other  service  on  account  of  disability  or  through  sentence 
of  either  a  civil  or  military  court,  nor  discharge<l  from  any 
service,  civil  or  military,  except  with  good  character,  and  for 
the  reasons  given  by  me  to  the  recruiting  officer  prior  to  this 
enlistment  or  reenlistment 


Given  at this day  of 191     . 

Witness : 


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6.  The  following  form  of  enlistment  contract,  duly  sworn  to, 
will  be  signed  by  each  reservist  on  enlistment : 

The  United  States  of  Ameeica  : 

State  of 1 

City,  town,  or  military  post /**•" 

I, ,  born  in ,  in  the  State  of ,  aged 

years  and months,  by  occupation  a ,  having 

served  in  the  Army  of  the  United  States  and  having  been  last 

discharged  from at 

(Name  of  organization.)  (Place.) 

on ,  do  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  voluntarily en- 

(Date.) 

listed  this day  of ,  191__,  as  a  soldier  in  the  Regu- 
lar Army  Reserve  of  the  United  States  of  America  for  the 
period  of  four  years,  unless  sooner  discharged  by  proper 
authority,  and  subject  to  active  military  service  upon  the  sum- 
mons of  the  President  of  the  United  States ;  and  do  also  agree 
to  accept  from  the  United  States  such  bounty,  pay,  rations, 
and  clothing  as  are  or  may  be  established  by  law.  And  I  do 
solemnly  swear  (or  affirm)  that  I  will  bear  true  faith  and  alle- 
giance to  the  United  States  of  America;  that  I  wall  serve  them 
honestly  and  faithfully  against  all  their  enemies  whomsoever; 
and  that  I  will  obey  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  United 
States  and  the  orders  of  the  officers  appointed  over  me,  accord- 
ing to  the  Rules  and  Articles  of  War. 

.     (seal.) 

Subscribed  and  duly  sworn  to  before  me  this day  of 

,A.  D.  191__. 


Recruiting  Officer. 

PHYSICAL  examination. 

7.  The  physical  examination  of  applicants  for  enlistment  or 
reenlistment  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  will  be  conducted 
in  accordance  with  the  authorized  rules  for  the  examination  of 
recruits. 

8.  An  applicant  for  enlistment  or  reenlistment  in  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  at  a  garrisoned  post,  camp,  or  arsenal  where 
there  is  no  medical  officer  or  contract  surgeon  will  be  physically 
examined  before  enlistment  by  the  civilian  physician  employed 
by  the  Medical  Department. 

The  employment  of  civilian  physicians  at  the  prescribed  rates 
is  authorized  for  the  physical  examination  of  applicants  for 
enlistment  or  reenlistment  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  at 
general  recruiting  stations. 


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9.  About  one  month  prior  to  the  date  when  a  soldier  may  or 
must  be  furloughod  to  the  Ilegular  Army  Reserve  he  will  be 
examined  by  a  medical  officer  as  to  his  physical  condition.  If 
the  soldier  be  furloughed,  the  result  of  the  physical  examination 
will  be  noted  on  the  reservist's  descriptive  card.  In  case  he  is 
found  to  be  physically  disqualified  for  service  steps  will  be 
immediately  taken  for  his  discharge  on  surgeon's  certificate  of 
disability  in  accordance  with  existing  instructions  governing 
such  discharge. 

10.  Receipt  of  pay  semiannually  being  subject  to  regulations 
for  "proper  identification  and  location  and  physical  condition," 
each  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  will  present  himself 
about  January  1  and  July  1  to  the  postmaster  through  whom 
his  mail  is  received,  or  to  any  officer  of  the  Army  including 
Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  Navy,  Marine  Corps,  or  the  National 
Guard,  and  request  him  to  sign  the  statement  (Form  575. 
A.  G.  O.)  that  the  soldier  is  apparently  in  good  physical  condi- 
tion and  capable  of  discharging  the  duties  of  a  soldier  in  time 
of  war. 

11.  When  summoned  by  order  of  the  President  for  annual 
field  training,  each  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  as 
soon  as  practicable  after  reporting  personally  under  such  sum- 
mons, will  be  examined  physically  by  a  medical  officer  on  duty 
at  the  place  of  field  training.  In  case  he  is  |ound  to  be  physi- 
cally disqualified  for  the  kind  of  service  that  would  be  requireil 
of  him  in  time  of  war,  he  will  at  once  be  relieved  from  further 
field  training  and  furnished  transportation  and  subsistence  to 
the  place  from  which  he  was  summoned.  Steps  will  be  taken 
for  his  discharge  on  surgeon's  certificate  of  disability  in  accord- 
ance with  existing  instructions  governing  discharge  for  dis- 
ability of  a  soldier  in  active  service. 

When  a  reservist  reports  for  annual  field  training,  if  he  is  of 
the  character  described  in  paragraph  33,  tlie  procedure  pre- 
scribed in  paragraph  148^,  Army  Regulations,  will  be  followed  iu 
order  to  separate  him  from  the  service  through  discharge. 

12.  When  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  is  mobilizeil  by  order 
of  the  President,  each  member  sununoned  will,  as  soon  as  prac- 
ticable after  reporting  personally  under  such  sunnnons,  be  ex- 
amined physically  by  a  medical  officer,  to  determine  his  physical 
fitness  for  service  at  the  time  and  his  right  to  receive  the  sum 
of  money  authorized  by  law  for  reporting  for  duty  under  such 
summons. 


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EECOKDS  AND  REPORTS. 

13.  The  records  of  members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  will 
be  kept  as  follows : 

14.  On  June  30,  1916,  all  members  of  the  Army  Reserve  will 
be  dropped  from  the  returns  and  muster  rolls  submitted  by  the 
officers  then  in  charge  of  reservists'  records,  and  each  duplicate 
descriptive  card  (Form  443,  A.  G.  O.)  and  reservist's  record 
will  be  forwarded  by  such  officers  to  the  commanding  general 
of  the  department  within  the  limits  of  which  the  reservist  was 
residing  when  he  last  reported  his  address,  or  to  the  command- 
ing officer.  United  States  Troops,  Panama  Canal  Zone,  or  the 
commanding  officer,  Porto  Rico  Regiment,  if  the  reservist  re- 
side there. 

Organization  commanders  will  note  on  the  muster  roll  for 
June  80,  1916,  the  name,  rank,  date  of  furlough,  residence  last 
reported,  and  department  headquarters  or  other  place  to  which 
the  record  has  been  sent,  of  each  reservist  dropped  that  date 
under  these  instructions.  Other  officers  charged  with  the  duty 
of  keeping  the  records  of  reservists  will  forward  the  duplicate 
descriptive  lists  and  records  held  by  them  under  General 
Orders,  No.  11,  War  Department,  1913,  as  prescribed  above 
and  will  furnish  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  by  letter  the 
information  which  an  organization  commander  is  directed  to 
enter  on  the  muster  roll. 

Returns  for  June  30,  1910,  will  include  information  prescribed" 
by  Bulletin  No.  41,  War  Department,  1915,  and  show  by  number 
all  reservists  dropped  on  that  date  under  these  instructions. 

15.  Upon  receipt  of  these  descriptive  cards,  department  com- 
manders (except  those  of  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Depart- 
ments), the  commanding  officer.  United  States  Troops,  Panama 
Canal  Zone,  and  the  commanding  officer,  Porto  Rico  Regiment 
of  Infantry,  will  prepare  and  forward  to  the  Depot  Quarter- 
master, Washington,  D.  C,  a  certified  copy  of  each  reservist's 
descriptive  card  on  file  in  their  respective  offices,  noting  on  the 
retained  copy  the  fact  that  a  copy  has  been  so  sent.  Similar 
action  will  be  taken  with  respect  to  all  reservists'  descriptive 
cards  thereafter  received. 

16.  On  and  after  July  1,  1916,  reservists  will  cease  to  pertain 
to  or  be  carried  on  muster  rolls  and  returns  of  any  particular 
organization.  Records  of  all  reservists  will  be  kept  at  the  head- 
quarters of  the  department  within  the  limits  of  which  the  re- 


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servists  elect  to  reside,  except  that  the  records  of  those  residing 
in  Panama  Canal  Zone  will  be  kept  at  the  headquarters  of 
United  States  troops,  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  records  of 
those  residing  in  Porto  Rico  will  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  com- 
manding officer,  Porto  Rico  Regiment  of  Infantry.  The  report 
( Form  559,  A.  G.  O. )  made  by  each  commanding  officer  immedi- 
ately after  furloughing  an  enlisted  man  to  the  Regular  Army 
Reserve  (General  Orders,  No.  47,  AVar  Department,  1915)  will 
be  kept  in  the  office  of  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  A 
copy  of  the  descriptive  card  of  each  reservist,  excepting  those 
residing  in  Hawaiian  and  Philippine  Departments,  will  be  kept 
in  the  office  of  the  Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C. 

17.  AVhen  a  soldier  is  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve 
he  will  be  furnished  a  reservist's  descriptive  card  (Form  443, 
A.  G.  O.),  one  copy  of  which  Avill  be  forwarded  to  the  command- 
ing general  of  the  department  (or  the  commanding  officer.  United 
States  troops.  Panama  Canal  Zone,  or  the  commanding  officer, 
Porto  Rico  Regiment  of  Infantry)  in  which  is  located  the  ad- 
dress of  the  reservist  as  shown  on  the  descriptive  card.  The 
reservist  will  be  given  a  copy  of  these  regulations  and  instructed 
that  he  is  required  to  report  his  address  on  the  first  of  each 
quarter  and  any  change  of  address  whenever  it  occurs ;  to  present 
himself  for  identification  about  January  1st  and  July  1st  of  each 
year  to  any  of  the  officers  described  in  paragraph  10 ;  to  report 
annually  for  15  days'  field  training  if  so  ordered ;  and  to  report 
wherever  ordered  by  a  department  commander  when  the  Regu- 
lar Army  Reserve  is  mobilized  for  active  service,  by  order  of  the 
President,  in  event  of  actual  cr  threatened  hostilities.  Report 
of  furlough  (Form  559,  A.  G.  O.)  will  be  forwarded  to  The  Ad- 
jutant General  of  the  Army. 

18.  As  soon  as  the  reservist's  records,  transferred  under  para- 
graph 14,  are  received  by  each  olficer  charged  with  keeping  re- 
servists' records,  and  thereafter  on  the  first  day  of  each  quarter, 
an  addressed  postal  card  (Form  444,  A.  G.  O.)  will  be  sent  to  the 
last  reported  address  of  each  reservist  whose  descriptive  card 
is  held. 

19.  Upon  receipt,  each  reservist  will  note  the  following: 
Any  change  of  address  since  rendition  of  last  report. 
Any  change  in  name  or  address  of  nearest  relative. 

Within  the  first  10  days  of  each  quarter  the  reservist  will  re- 
turn this  card  to  the  address  furnished. 


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20.  The  officer  in  charge  of  reservists'  records  will  note  upon 
his  retained  descriptive  cards  any  clianges  wliich  have  occurred 
since  last  report.  He  will  then  mail  notifications  received  (on 
Form  444  or  otherwise)  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

21.  Upon  enlistment  or  reenlistment  of  any  man  in  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  the  officer  enlisting  or  reenlisting  him  will  make 
out,  in  addition  to  the  enlistment  paper,  the  reservist's  descrip- 
tive card,  in  duplicate;  one  copy  will  be  given  to  the  reservist 
after  enlistment  and  the  other  forwarded  to  the  commanding 
general  of  the  department  (or  the  commanding  officer,  United 
States  troops,  Panama  Canal  Zone,  or  commanding  officer,  Porto 
Rico  Regiment  of  Infantry)  in  which  the  reservist  elects  to  re- 
side. The  enlistment  papers  and  one  copy  of  Form  559,  A.  G.  O., 
will  be  forwarded  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

22.  All  enlistments  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  will  be  made 
in  the  grade  of  private.  Reenlistments  may  be  made  in  the  grade 
held  at  date  of  discharge  if  made  within  three  months  of  the  date 
of  discharge.    See  paragraph  4  (e). 

23.  On  the  last  day  of  each  month  each  officer  charged  with 
keeping  reservists'  records  will  report  to  The  Adjutant  General 
of  the  Army  the  names  and  addresses  of  reservists  whose  rec- 
ords have  been  received  during  the  month ;  names  of  reservists 
discharged  (with  character  given  each)  or  deceased;  dates  of 
such  losses ;  and  total  number  of  reservists  whose  records  are 
on  hand,  reporting  separately  the  names  of  those  who  for  two 
consecutive  quarters  have  failed  to  report  addresses. 

FURLOUGHS. 

24.  "  No  enlisted  man  in  the  Regular  Army  shall  receive  his 
final  discharge  until  termination  of  his  seven-year  term  of 
enlistment,  except  upon  reenlistment  as  provided  for  in  this 
act  or  as  provided  by  law  for  discharge  prior  to  expiration  of 
term  of  enlistment."     ( Sec.  29,  act  of  June  3,  1916. ) 

25.  "  No  man  furloughed  to  the  reserve  shall  be  eligible  to 
reenlist  in  the  service  until  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  seven 
years."     ( Sec.  27,  act  of  June  3,  1916. ) 

26.  Soldiers  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  will  be 
furloughed  in  the  grade  held  on  the  date  the  furlough  becomes 
effective.  They  remain  members  of  an  arm,  corps  or  depart- 
ment, but  not  of  any  particular  organization  thereof. 


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27.  The  commander  of  any  post,  regiment,  depot,  general  hos- 
pital, arsenal,  mine  planter,  service  scliool  or  disciplinary  bar- 
racks, or  any  recruiting  officer,  is  authorized  to  furlough  any 
enlisted  man  eligible  to  be  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army 
Reserve  on  the  day  of  any  month  prior  to  the  day  of  month  on 
which  enlisted,  provided  unauthorized  absences  have  been  made 
good  and  indebtedness  to  the  United  States  has  been  satisfied. 

28.  Men  enlisting  before  November  1,  1916,  may,  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  Secretary  of  War,  be  furloughed  after  three 
years'  service.  They  will  be  furloughed  after  four  years'  serv- 
ice with  the  organizations  of  which  they  form  a  part  unless 
they  make  application  in  writing  to  remain  with  their  organi- 
zations until  completion  of  their  seven  years'  enlistment  period. 

29.  Any  of  the  authorities  named  in  paragraph  27  is  author- 
ized to  retain  in  active  service  until  completion  of  their  enlist- 
ment periods  men  enlisted  before  November  1,  191G,  who  make 
such  application,  provided  their  conduct  and  physical  fitness 
warrant  such  action. 

30.  Men  enlisting  on  and  after  November  1,  1916,  will  be  fur- 
loughed after  three  years'  active  service  with  the  organizations 
of  which  they  form  a  part.  They  will  not  be  permitted  to  re- 
main with  their  organizations  until  completion  of  their  seven 
years'  enlistment  periods,  but  may  be  reenlisted  for  another 
period  of  seven  years. 

31.  Soldiers  who  have  lost  time  from  service  by  reason  of 
absence  without  leave  (act  of  May  11,  1908)  or  by  reason  of 
the  intemperate  use  of  drugs,  alcoholic  liquors,  etc.,  or  confine- 
ment awaiting  trial  resulting  in  conviction  (act  of  April  27, 
1914),  are  required  to  make  up  the  time  so  lost  before  being 
furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve.  (Opinion  J.  A.  G., 
Dec.  13,  191.5.) 

32.  At  any  time  after  the  expiration  of  one  year's  honorable 
service  any  enlisted  man  enlisted  before,  on,  or  after  Novem- 
ber 1,  1916,  serving  within  the  continental  limits  of  the  United 
States  whose  company,  troop,  battery,  or  detachment  comman- 
der shall  report  him  as  proficient  and  sufficiently  trained,  may, 
in  the  discretion  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  be  furloughed  to  the 
Regular  Army  Reserve.  This  action,  which  is  intended  as  a 
privilege  of  the  soldier,  will  not  be  taken  without  his  applica- 
tion in  writing  for  sucli  privilege.  The  report  of  his  immediate 
commander  will  show  his  character,  that  physical  examination 
has  been  made  under  paragraph  9,  and  that  his  degree  of  train- 


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ing,  character,  and  physical  condition  render  him  a  dependable 
soldier  for  service  in  case  of  war.  If  a  soldier  serving  at  an 
oversea  station,  after  completing  the  prescribed  tour  of  service 
at  such  station,  make  application  for  this  privilege,  he  may  be 
transferred  to  a  station  in  continental  United  States  and  fur- 
loughed  under  this  paragraph  on  arrival  at  such  station.  Report 
of  his  immediate  commander  will  accompany  his  descriptive  list 
to  such  station. 

33.  When  a  company  or  other  immediate  commander  is  of  the 
opinion  that  the  active  service  of  a  soldier  who  is  otherwise 
about  to  become  eligible  to  be  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army 
Reserve,  excepting  soldiers  described  in  paragraph  32,  has  not 
been  honest  and  faithful,  or  if  the  soldier  is  inapt  or  gives 
evidence  of  habits  or  traits  of  character  which  would  render 
him  not  dependable  as  a  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve, 
or  is  disqualified  for  service  physically  or  in  character  through 
his  own  misconduct,  the  procedure  prescribed  in  paragraph  148J, 
Army  Regulations,  will  be  followed.  If  at  the  time  when  the 
law  contemplates  the  commencement  of  a  soldier's  period  of 
service  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  he  be  of  such  character 
as  to  render  his  reenlistment,  or  his  further  active  service  un- 
der current  enlistment,  not  in  the  interest  of  the  Government, 
it  is  the  policy  of  the  War  Department  not  to  furlough  him  to 
the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  but  to  discontinue  his  connection 
with  the  Army  through  discharge. 

84.  If  a  soldier  be  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve 
while  absent  from  his  organization,  papers  will  be  forwarded 
by  the  officer  under  whom  he  is  serving  as  prescribed  in  para- 
graph 17,  and  his  organization  commander  given  the  informa- 
tion prescribed  by  paragraph  154,  Army  Regulations,  in  case  of 
a  discharged  soldier. 

35.  A  soldier  sentenced  by  court-martial  to  confinement  with- 
out dishonorable  discharge  for  a  period  extending  beyond  the 
time  at  which  he  would  otherwise  be  furloughed  to  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve,  will  be  held  to  serve  out  his  sentence,  at  the 
expiration  of  which  he  will  be  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army 
Reserve  or  discharged,  as  his  case  may  require. 

36.  A  soldier  awaiting  trial  or  sentence  at  the  time  he  would 
otherwise  be  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  will  not 
be  furloughed  thereto  pending  the  disposition  of  his  case.  If 
sentenced  to  dishonorable  discharge  he  will  be  so  discharged 

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upon  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  publishing  the  sentence. 
If  the  sentence  involve  neither  dishonorable  discharge  nor  con- 
finement, he  will  be  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve 
or  discharged,  as  his  case  may  require,  on  the  date  of  receipt  ' 
of  the  order  publishing  the  result  of  trial,  or  as  soon  thereafter  ) 
as  practicable.  If  sentenced  to  confinement  without  dishonor- 
able discharge,  he  will  be  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Re- 
serve or  discharged,  as  his  case  may  require,  upon  the  expira- 
tion of  his  term  of  confinement. 

The  provisions  of  paragraph  33  of  these  regulations  will  be 
observed  in  determining  whether  or  not  discharge  should  replace 
a  furlough  in  such  cases. 

37.  The  descriptive  card,  or  the  discharge  certificate,  will  be 
delivered  to  the  man  on  his  release  from  confinement,  and  not 
until  then.  In  such  case  copy  of  descriptive  card  and  report 
of  furlough  will  be  forwarded  under  paragraph  17  on  the  date 
of  release  from  confinement.  If  in  confinement  on  the  date  of 
the  furlough  or  discharge,  personal  notice  thereof  will  be  given 
to  the  soldier  by  an  officer,  and  the  fact  that  such  notice  was 
given  will  be  entered  on  the  guard  report  and  the  morning 
report,  and  will  be  indorsed  upon  the  descriptive  card  or  dis- 
charge certificate. 

DISCHARGE. 

38.  Upon  the  completion  of  the  term  of  service  of  a  reservist, 
or  when  discharge  is  ordered  for  any  cause  by  competent  au- 
thority, his  discharge,  if  it  can  not  be  handed  to  him  in  person, 
will  be  sent  him  by  registered  mail  to  his  last  reported  address. 
The  duty  of  signing  and  sending  this  discharge  devolves  upon 
the  officer  charged  wnth  keeping  the  reservist's  record  (par.  16). 

39.  The  character  reported  when  the  reservist  was  furloughed 
to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  may  be  modified  at  discharge, 
dependent  upon  the  reservist's  conduct  while  in  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve,  in  so  far  as  such  is  known  by  the  officer  charged 
with  signing  the  discharge  or  as  it  appears  in  the  reservist's 
record.  To  this  end,  each  failure  to  report  address  or  change 
of  address  or  to  appear  for  identification  in  January  and  .Tuly, 
or  for  annual  field  training  or  active  service  when  summoned, 
will  be  noted  on  the  reservist's  record. 

40.  Note  of  the  date  and  fact  of  discharge,  character  given, 
and  the  address  to  which  discharge  certificate  was  mailed  (if 


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not  delivered  in  person)   will  be  entered  on  the  retained  de- 
scriptive card. 

41.  Any  officer  having  knowledge  of  the  fact  that  a  reservist 
has  been  sentenced  to  imprisonment  by  a  civil  court,  will  report 
the  facts  to  the  department  commander  or  officer  charged  with 
keeping  reservists'  records.  If  investigation  shows  that  such 
action  is  warranted,  the  soldier  will  be  discharged  under  para- 
graph 139  (sec.  3),  Army  Regulations. 

DEATH. 

42.  In  case  of  the  death  of  a  reservist  a  note  of  the  fact  and 
date  of  death  will  be  made  on  the  retained  descriptive  card  by 
the  officer  in  charge  of  his  record.  He  will  report  the  fact  and 
date  of  death  to  the  disbursing  quartermaster  who  is  charged 
with  making  semiannual  payment  (see  par.  77).  The  quar- 
termaster will  thereupon  advise  the  Auditor  for  the  War  De- 
partment, Washington,  D.  C,  for  his  information  in  making 
settlement  with  the  heirs  of  the  deceased  of  the  arrears  of  pay 
due,  of  the  date  of  death,  and  the  date  to  which  last  paid. 

FIELD  TRAINING. 

43.  The  President  is  authorized  by  law  to  summon  the  Regu- 
lar Army  Reserve  or  any  part  thereof  for  field  training  for  a 
period  not  exceeding  15  days  in  each  year. 

44.  The  objects  of  this  annual  training  are  (1)  to  verify  the 
number  and  determine  physical  and  moral  fitness  of  reservists 
for  service  in  war;  (2)  to  eliminate  the  undesirable  and  those 
not  dependable  in  time  of  war;  (3)  to  familiarize  reservists 
with  methods  to  be  followed  if  mobilized  in  time  of  threatened 
hostilities;  (4)  to  insure  continued  acquaintance  of  reservists 
with  arms  and  equipment  and  methods  of  instruction;  and  (5) 
to  utilize  reservists,  either  individually  or  in  provisional  organi- 
zations, for  the  training  of  selected  citizens  at  camps  estab- 
lished for  such  purpose. 

45.  No  reservist  will  be  summoned  for  annual  field  training 
until  after  the  expiration  of  one  year  from  the  date  he  has 
enlisted  in  or  has  been  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve, 
nor  for  a  period  of  field  training  which  will  be  held  partially 
or  entirely  after  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment. 

46.  The  department  commanders,  the  commanding  officer 
United  States  troops,  Panama  Canal  Zone,  and  the  commanding 


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officer,  Porto  Rico  Regiment  of  Infantry,  being  in  charge  of 
tlie  reservists'  records,  are  cliarged  witli  determining  at  wliat 
places,  between  what  dates,  and  in  what  manner  this  field 
training  shall  be  conducted.  Due  consideration  will  be  had  of 
the  economy  possible  through  summoning  each  reservist  to  the 
place  nearest  his  last  reported  address. 

47.  Until  reservists  reside  in  any  district  in  sufficient  num- 
bers to  be  organized  into  Regular  Ai-my  Reserve  units  or  de- 
tachments by  the  President,  they  may  profitably  be  attached  to 
particular  organizations  of  the  Regular  Army  located  or  under 
orders  to  camp  near  the  district  in  which  such  reservists  reside. 
For  this  purpose  it  is  desirable,  though  not  necessary,  that 
each  reservist  be  attached  to  an  organization  of  that  arm, 
corps,  or  department  from  which  he  was  furloughed  to  the 
Regular  Army  Reserve.  Men  furloughed  from  the  staff  corps 
and  departments  may  be  attached  to  units  of  the  line  of  the 
Army  Avhen  no  detachment  of  their  corps  or  department  is 
within  a  distance  which  can  be  ordered  with  due  regard  to 
economy. 

48.  Until  reservists  are  organized  into  units  or  detachments 
of  any  arm,  corps,  or  department,  they  may,  when  summoned 
for  field  training,  be  provisionally  organized  into  companies 
or  detachments  and  placed  under  officers  of  the  Regular  Army 
or  under  members  of  the  Ofliicers'  Reserve  Corps  ordered  to 
duty  with  troops  or  at  field  exercises.  There  is  no  authority  to 
change  the  grade  of  a  reservist  or  to  increase  his  pay  or  allow- 
ances during  such  training  over  those  of  the  grade  held  when 
furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve. 

49.  Each  reservist  summoned  will  be  notified  by  mail,  about 
one  month  before  the  date  at  which  he  is  to  report,  of  the  place 
and  date  his  field  training  will  be  held,  and  directed  to  acknowl- 
edge receipt  by  returning  printed  card  furnished  (Form  574, 
A.  G.  O.). 

If  at  the  time  a  reservist  is  summoned  for  field  training  he 
be  disabled  or  so  sick  as  to  render  him  physically  unable  to 
undertake  training  in  the  field  at  the  time  designated,  he  will 
forward  with  such  acknowledgment  a  certificate  signed  by  a 
reputable  practicing  physician  (member  of  the  INIedical  Reserve 
Corps  or  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  if  any  be  available)  that  he  is 
physically  unal)le  to  attend.  If,  after  acknowledging  receipt 
of  such  summons,  he  be  physically  disabled  at  the  time  he 
should  leave  his  reported  address  to  comply  with  such  sum- 


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mons,  similar  certificate  will  be  forwarded  to  the  officer  in 
charge  of  his  record.  Unless  such  certificate  be  forwarded,  he 
must  report  as  directed. 

50.  To  each  reservist  who  has  acknowledged  receipt  of  sum- 
mons for  field  training,  and  has  not  submitted  certificate  of 
physical  inabilitj^  to  comply  with  summons,  the  officer  in  charge 
of  reservist's  record  will  send  a  transportation  request  (Gov- 
ernment stock  Form  No.  1),  signed  by  any  quartermaster,  for 
transportation  from  the  place  at  which  the  reservist  reported 
address  to  the  place  where  his  training  is  to  be  held. 

51.  Each  reservist  will  be  directed  to  appear  supplied  with 
the  following  articles  of  uniform  clothing  in  serviceable  condi- 
tion :  One  service  hat,  with  hat  cord,  one  olive-drab  flannel 
shirt,  one  service  coat,  one  pair  of  service  breeches,  and  one  pair 
of  leggings ;  and  the  following  articles  not  necessarily  uniform : 
One  pair  of  serviceable  shoes,  two  suits  of  underwear,  and 
three  pairs  of  socks.  Since  a  reservist's  account  is  closed  at 
date  of  furlough  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  clothing  for 
field  training  can  not  be  issued  and  charged  to  an  allowance, 
but  any  reservist  may  purchase  at  cost  prices  from  the  Quarter- 
master Corps  such  articles  of  clothing  as  he  may  need  to  meet 
the  above  requirements. 

52.  All  men  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  after 
July  1,  1916,  will  be  instructed  by  their  organization  or  other 
immediate  commanders  to  retain  in  their  possession  until  their 
discharge  the  uniform  clothing  itemized  in  paragi-aph  51,  and 
any  enlisted  man  not  thus  supplied  will  be  required  to  draw 
the  necessary  items,  before  his  account  is  closed  and  final  state- 
ment completed,  to  the  extent  that  his  credits  under  his  clothing 
allowance  will  permit. 

To  such  reservists  enlisted  or  furloughed  before  July  1,  1916, 
as  may  be  summoned  for  annual  field  training,  and  who  may 
not,  under  due  notice  of  the  requirement  of  field  training  im- 
posed by  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  have  retained  in  their  posses- 
sion the  uniform  articles  itemized  in  paragraph  51,  the  com- 
manding officer  of  any  post  or  camp  to  whom  they  report  for 
field  training  may  issue  one  of  each  of  such  articles. 

53.  To  insure  continued  proficiency  in  small-arms  target 
practice,  an  annual  monetary  allowance  for  ammunition  of  $3 
is  authorized  for  each  member  enlisted  in  the  Regular  Army 
Reserve  or  furloughed  thereto  from  any  organization  of  the 
Regular  Army  armed  with  the  rifle  and  receiving  field  training 


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when  duly  summoneil.  The  necessary  instruction  of  members  of 
the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps  in  fire  direction  and  fire  control 
will  render  it  advisable  to  devote  most  if  not  all  the  small-arms 
target  practice  to  field  firing,  where  such  practice  can  be  safely 
conducted.  The  monetary  allowance  is  estimated  to  be  suffi- 
cient for  expenditure  of  approximately  100  rounds  per  man, 

54.  Arms,  ammunition  and  equipment  for  members  of  the 
Regular  Army  Reserve  during  annual  field  training  will  be 
furnished  under  orders  of  department  commanders.  They  will 
be  issued  by  staff  officers  at  places  selected  for  such  training; 
the  articles  supplied  organizations  as  a  portion  of  their  unit 
equipment  will  not  be  used  for  such  purpose. 

55.  If  a  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  through  neg- 
lect, lose  or  render  unserviceable  articles  of  Government  prop- 
erty issued  to  him,  the  cost  thereof  will  be  charged  against  him 
on  the  pay  roll  and  deducted  from  the  pay  due  him  for  the 
period  he  receives  field  training.  If  his  pay  for  the  period  of 
field  training  is  not  sufficient  to  reimburse  the  United  States, 
the  balance  due  United  States  will  be  reported  to  the  officer 
in  charge  of  the  reservist's  record,  specifying  the  kind  of  prop- 
erty for  which  such  balance  is  payable. 

56.  The  maximum  period  for  which  a  member  of  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  may  be  summoned  for  field  training  each  year 
includes  only  the  time,  not  exceeding  15  days,  spent  by  him  in 
field  training,  and  not  the  time  occupied  in  traveling  to  and 
from  the  place  of  training.  On  the  last  day  of  his  field  train- 
ing each  reservist  will  be  mustered  for  his  pay  on  the  Regular 
Army  pay  roll  and  will  be  paid  thereon  by  the  local  disbursing 
quartermaster. 

57.  Service  during  such  field  training  confers  no  right  to 
retirement  or  retired  pay,  but  is  active  duty  to  an  extent  that 
the  soldier  may  become  entitled  to  pension  through  disability 
incurred  while  in  such  sex'vice.  Each  reservist  who  incurs  any 
accident  or  sickness  while  attending  such  training  will  be  care- 
fully examined  before  being  sent  to  his  home  and  the  result 
noted  on  his  descriptive  card  or  record. 

58.  The  officer  in  charge  of  the  record  of  any  member  of  the 
Regular  Army  Reserve  summoned  for  field  training  will,  after 
such  reservist  has  acknowledged  receipt  of  summons  imder  par- 
agraph 49,  forward  his  descriptive  card  to  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  place  at  which  the  reservist  has  been  directed  to 
report  for  training.     After  the  training  has  been   completed 


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and  notation  of  the  period  during  whicli  trained,  amount  paid, 
and  any  cliange  in  character  or  other  status  has  been  recorded 
on  the  descriptive  card,  the  card  and  any  otlier  papers  pertain- 
ing to  tlie  reservist's  record  will  be  returned  to  the  office  whence 
it  was  forwarded. 

MOBILIZATION   IN  TIME  OF   ^VAE. 

59.  In  the  event  of  actual  or  threatened  hostilities  the  Presi- 
dent may  mobilize  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  in  such  manner 
as  he  may  determine  and  may  thereafter  retain  it,  or  any  part 
thereof,  in  active  service  for  such  period  as  he  may  determine 
the  conditions  demand. 

60.  A  department  commander,  or  one  of  the  other  authorities 
charged  with  keeping  reservists'  records,  having  been  duly 
notified  that,  by  direction  of  the  President,  the  Regular  Army 
Reserve  is  to  be  mobilized,  will,  in  absence  of  any  instructions 
as  to  the  disposition  of  individuals  or  units  of  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve,  direct  each  member,  by  notice  mailed  to  his  last 
reported  address  (Form  577,  A.  G.  O.),  to  report  at  some  sta- 
tion or  place  where  he  can  be  physically  examined,  clothed, 
armed,  equipped,  sheltered  and  subsisted.  Transportation  re- 
quest will  be  mailed  to  last  reported  address  as  prescribed  in 
paragraph  50  without  waiting  for  acknowledgment  of  summons. 

61.  If  under  conditions  existing  at  the  time  of  such  direction 
by  the  President,  organizations  of  the  Regular  Army  within  the 
department  require  enlisted  men  to  complete  authorized  maxi- 
mum strength,  members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  will  be 
directed  to  report  at  the  stations  of  such  organizations,  pref- 
erably those  of  the  arms  from  which  they  were  respectively 
furloughed  or  for  w^hicli  they  enlisted. 

62.  If  there  be  no  such  organizations  incompletely  supplied 
with  enlisted  personnel,  or  if  the  distances  from  addresses  of 
reservists  to  the  stations  of  such  organizations  be  too  great, 
the  reservists  will  be  directed  to  report  at  the  nearest  station 
of  the  Regular  Army  at  which  paragraph  60  can  be  complied 
with,  and  will  there  be  organized  into  detachments  to  be  for- 
warded to  such  organizations  as  may  be  designated  by  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

63.  When  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  becomes  sufficiently 
numerous,  and  residences  of  members  thereof  are  sufficiently 
localized  to  permit  prompt  mobilization  of  reserve  units  in  cer- 


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taitl  localities,  such  units  as  may  have  been  organized  by  the 
President  will  be  mobilized  as  such  at  any  places  previously 
designated  for  the  deposit  of  arms,  clothing,  equipment,  etc. 
Such  places  will  preferably  be  Regular  Army  stations,  officers 
on  duty  at  which  will  be  charged  with  accountability  and 
responsibility  for  the  property  necessary  to  arm,  equip  and 
clothe  designated  units.  If  storage  in  Government  buildings  be 
possible  at  places  other  than  Regular  Army  stations,  such  arms, 
clothing,  and  equipment  may  be  stored  therein  under  care  of 
retired  officers  or  members  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps 
charged  with  accountability  and  responsibility  for  such  property. 

64.  Department  commanders  and  other  authorities  charged 
with  keeping  reservists'  records  may  be  directed  to  send  all  or 
a  part  of  the  reservists  residing  within  the  limits  of  their  com- 
mands to  the  rendezvous  and  depots  established  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  War,  under  section  10  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
April  25,  1914,  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  organizations  of 
the  land  forces  at  prescribed  strength.  They  may  be  directed 
to  send  all  reservists  furloughed  from  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps 
to  the  nearest  or  to  any  designated  Coast  Aitillery  defenses 
for  service.  They  may  be  directed  to  send  certain  reservists  to 
places  at  which  ammunition  batteries,  depot  batteries,  or  Artil- 
lery parks  ai'e  being  organized  for  the  Field  Artillery  (sec.  19, 
act  of  June  3,  1916),  or  where  supply  trains,  limmuuition  trains, 
sanitary  trains,  and  engineer  trains  are  being  organized  for 
divisions  (sec.  3,  act  of  June  3,  1916). 

65.  Under  authority  conferred  by  section  33  of  the  act  of 
June  3,  1916,  the  services  of  members  and  employees  of  all  de- 
partments of  the  Government  of  the  United  States  may  be 
utilized  for  the  mobilization  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve.  In 
addition  to  the  mail  notice  sent  to  each  reservist  under  para- 
graph 60,  tlie  officer  in  charge  of  reservists'  records  may  request 
United  States  marshals,  postmasters,  census  enumerators,  in- 
ternal-revenue agents,  and  representatives  of  the  General  Land 
Office,  Geological  Survey,  Forest  Service,  Weather  Bureau,  and 
other  bureaus,  to  notify  all  reservists  who  can  be  reached  by 
them  that  mobilization  has  been  directed  by  the  President. 

66.  Officers  in  charge  of  reservists'  records  are  authorized 
to  insert  notices  of  mobilization  in  daily  newspapers,  and  within 
the  limits  of  allotments  made  for  such  purpose  to  pay  for  ad- 
vertisement of  such  mobilization  wherever  necessary,  with 
warning  that  any  reservist  who  has  not  received  orders  wliere 


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to  report  should  apply  to  department  or  other  headquarters  for 
orders. 

67.  The  reenlistment  of  honorably  discharged  soldiers  in  time 
of  actual  or  threatened  hostilities,  under  .section  34  of  the  act  of 
June  3,  1916,  for  which  a  bounty  is  payable,  means  reenlistment 
in  the  Regular  Army  or  some  organization  thereof.  Such  men, 
while  called  an  "  auxiliary  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve,"  do 
not  become,  through  reenlistment,  members  of  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  but  of  the  Regular  Army  or  an  organization 
thereof.    Their  enlistment  period  is  seven  years,  not  four  years. 

68.  After  directing  a  reservist  to  report  at  a  designated  place 
under  mobilization,  the  officer  in  charge  of  his  record  will 
mail  his  descriptive  card  to  the  officer  to  whom  the  reservist 
is  directed  to  report.  That  officer  will  enter  the  necessary  data 
on  a  muster  roll  and  return  the  descriptive  card  to  the  office 
whence  it  came,  adding  fact  and  date  of  enti-y  into  active  serv- 
ice by  the  reservist  and  organization  to  which  assigned  or 
attached.  If  a  reservist  fail  to  comply  within  a  reasonable 
time,  such  fact  will  be  noted  and  the  descriptive  card  returned 
whence  it  came. 

69.  On  receipt  of  the  card  by  the  officer  charged  with  keep- 
ing reservists'  records,  he  will  notify  the  quartermaster  who  is 
charged  with  the  duty  of  making  the  semiannual  payments, 
the  date  of  the  reservist's  entry  into  active  service  and  the 
name  of  the  organization  to  which  attached  or  assigned.  He 
will  notify  the  same  quartermaster  of  the  names  of  such  re- 
servists as  may  have  failed  to  report  when  summoned  to  active 
service. 

70.  Subject  to  instructions  from  the  War  Department,  de- 
partment commanders  may  attach  officers  of  the  Regular  Army, 
including  retired  officers  employed  on  active  duty  under  section 
24  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  members  of  the  Officers' 
Reserve  Corps  under  their  orders  on  mobilization  to  detachments 
and  units  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  until  notice  of  any 
other  assignment  to  duty  of  such  officers  by  the  President  has 
been  received. 

71.  Whether  members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  are 
organized  into  units  of  any  arm,  corps  or  department,  or  are 
assigned  to  particular  organizations  of  the  Regular  Army,  they 
will  be  armed,  equipped  and  clothed  for  field  service,  accord- 
ing to  the  arm  to  which  they  pertain,  before  being  forwarded 
from  the  places  at  which  mobilized. 


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72.  If  a  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  after  report- 
ing for  duty  under  mobilization,  be  found  physically  unfit  for 
service,  action  similar  to  that  prescribed  in  paragraph  11  will 
be  taken,  except  that  he  may  be  held  at  place  of  mobilization 
pending  action  upon  recommendation  of  discharge. 

PAY  AND  ALLOWANCES. 

73.  When  a  soldier  is  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Re- 
serve (under  either  the  act  of  Aug.  24,  1912,  or  the  act  of 
June  3,  1916)  "  his  account  shall  be  closed  and  he  shall  be  paid 
in  full  to  the  date  such  furlough  becomes  effective,  including 
allowances  provided  by  law  for  discharged  soldiers."  (Sec.  29, 
act  of  June  3,  1916.) 

74.  Members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  (whether  fur- 
loughed thereto  or  enlisted  or  reenlisted  therein)  shall  be  paid 
semiannually  at  the  rate  of  $24  a  year  while  in  the  reserve. 
"  *  *  *  subject  to  such  regulations  as  the  President  may 
prescribe  for  their  proper  identification  and  location  and  phys- 
ical condition."     (Sec.  31,  act  of  June  3,  1916.) 

75.  This  payment  of  $12  semiannually  is  intended,  partially 
as  compensation  for  periodically  reporting  himself  at  a  certain 
address  and  reporting  each  change  of  address  promptly,  partially 
for  being  a  reservist  and  ready  to  comply  with  orders  received 
either  for  identification,  location,  or  ascertaining  his  physical 
condition,  and  partially  for  compliance  with  orders  to  report 
and  receive  annual  field  training  or  to  report  for  duty  in  active 
service  under  sunnnons  for  mobilization  in  event  of  actual  or 
threatened  hostilities.  If  a  soldier  neglect  to  report  his  address, 
to  report  for  identification  January  1  and  July  1,  to  report  for 
lield  training  when  summoned  (unless  certificate  of  sickness 
furnished),  or  to  report  wherever  ordered  when  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  is  mobilized,  so  much  of  this  semiannual  pay  as 
remains  due  the  soldier  will  be  withheld.  For  any  of  these 
neglects  he  may,  if  omission  of  duty  be  culpable  and  willful,  be 
punished  as  a  court-martial  may  direct. 

76.  For  those  men  who  were  furloughed  to  the  reserve  prior 
to  June  3,  1916,  the  semiannual  pay  commences  to  accrue  from 
and  including  June  3,  1916 ;  for  those  furloughed  after  June  3, 
1916,  the  i)ay  commences  to  accrue  from  and  including  the  date 
immediately  following  their  furlough,  the  actual  day  of  fur- 
lough being  a  day  for  which  the  soldier  is  entitled  to  pay  and 


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allowances  on  liis  final  statement.  The  first  semiannual  pay- 
ment, covering  the  period  to  December  31,  will  be  made  in 
January,  and  the  second,  covering  the  period  to  June  30,  in 
July  of  each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  the  disbursing  officers 
charged  with  making  the  payments  have  received  the  notices 
prescribed  in  paragraph  78. 

77.  The  semiannual  payments  to  members  of  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  will  be  made  as  follows : 

(a)  To  those  whose  descriptive  cards  are  held  at  the  head- 
quarters, Philippine  Department,  by  the  disbursing  quartermas- 
ter of  said  headquarters. 

(b)  To  those  whose  descriptive  cards  are  held  at  the  head- 
quarters, Hawaiian  Department,  by  the  disbursing  quartermas- 
ter of  said  headquarters. 

(c)  All  other  reservists  will  be  paid  their  semiannual  pay 
by  the  Depot  Quartermaster,  Washington,  D.  C. 

78.  As  soon  as  possible  after  the  1st  day  of  January  and  the 
1st  day  of  July  of  each  year,  all  officers,  except  those  of  the 
Philippine  and  Hawaiian  Departments,  charged  with  keeping 
reservists'  records,  will  report  the  following  to  the  Depot  Quar- 
termaster, Washington,  D.  C.  : 

(a)  The  names  of  all  reservists  who  have  failed  to  comply 
with  these  regulations  and  are  thereby  precluded  from  receiv- 
ing pay  (par.  75). 

(b)  The  names  of  all  reservists  who  have  been  discharged, 
giving  the  date  of  discharge. 

(c)  The  names  of  all  reservists  who  are  indebted  to  the 
United  States  and  the  nature  of  the  indebtedness  (par.  55). 

id)  Latest  address  of  each  reservist  whose  address  has  been 
changed. 

79.  Upon  receipt  of  the  report  described  in  paragraph  78  from 
the  officers  therein  mentioned,  the  Depot  Quartermaster,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  will  make  payment  of  the  amount  of  seiuiannual 
pay  or  portion  thereof  due  to  each  reservist  for  whom  he  holds 
a  certified  copy  of  descriptive  card  and  against  whom  the  report 
shows  no  bar  to  payment.  In  cases  where  indebtedness  to  the 
United  States  is  reported,  collection  thereof  will  be  made.  (See 
par.  55.) 

80.  With  respect  to  reservists  whose  records  are  held  by  the 
department  commanders  of  the  Philippine  and  Hawaiian  De- 
partments, the  report  prescribed  in  paragraph  78  will  be  ren- 
dered by  the  officer  in  charge  of  reservists'  records  at  head- 


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quarters  of  these  departments  to  the  local  disbursing  quarter- 
master who  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  making  the  semiannual 
payments,  and  the  action  prescribed  in  paragraph  79  will  be 
taken  by  said  disbursing  quartermasters. 

81.  All  semiannual  payments  to  reservists  will  be  made  by 
individual  check  and  upon  such  voucher  forms  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed for  such  purpose. 

82.  The  semiannual  pay  is  not  payable  for  any  period  during 
which  the  reservist  is  in  active  service  under  an  order  for 
mobilization,  nor  will  any  further  payment  be  made  of  the  semi- 
annual pay  to  any  reservist  who  fails  to  report  for  active  service 
under  an  order  for  mobilization.  Therefore  upon  mobilization 
and  after  the  descriptive  cards  have  been  returned  to  the  officer 
having  custody  of  reservists'  records  that  officer  will  promptly 
notify  the  quartermaster  charged  with  the  duty  of  making  the 
semiannual  payments  of — 

(a)  The  name  of  each  reservist  actually  brought  into  active 
service,  the  date  of  commencement  of  such  service,  and  the  or- 
ganization to  which  assigned  or  attached. 

(b)  The  name  of  each  reservist  who  failed  to  report  for 
active  service. 

83.  When  summoned  for  annual  field  training  reservists  are 
entitled  to  pay  at  the  rate  of  their  respective  grades  in  the 
Regular  Army  for  the  period  actually  pi-esent  for  such  training. 
(Sec.  31,  act  of  June  3,  1916.)  As  this  service  is  not  "  actiA-e 
service"  within  the  meaning  of  section  32  of  the  act  of  June 
3,  1916,  the  enlistment  period  for  which  payment  will  be  made 
is  the  enlistment  period  in  which  the  soldier  was  serving  Avhen 
furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  or,  in-  case  of  a  man 
enlisted  or  reenlisted  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve,  the  enlist- 
ment period  in  which  the  soldier  was  serving  when  last  dis- 
charged. This  payment  will  be  made  on  pay  rolls  by  any 
quartermaster  designated  to  make  the  payment  in  person. 

84.  A  reservist  who,  in  compliance  with  orders  from  competent 
authority-,  reports  when  summoned  for  annual  field  training, 
will  be  furnished  transportation  from  the  place  from  which 
summoned  to  the  place  at  which  field  training  is  held  (par.  50). 
He  will  be  reimbursed  for  expenses  necessarily  incurred  for 
subsistence  at  the  rate  of  50  cents  for  each  meal  (.$1..50  per  day) 
during  the  journey  to  the  place  of  training.  This  reimbursement 
will  be  entered  on  the  pay  rolls  on  which  payment  is  made  for 


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field  training  and  paid  when  payment  is  made  for  field  training. 
Amount  will  be  noted  on  descriptive  card. 

85.  For  the  return  journey  from  the  place  where  training  is 
had  to  the  place  from  which  he  was  summoned  a  reservist  will 
be  furnished  transportation  as  for  any  enlisted  man  in  active 
service  and  subsistence  under  allowances  prescribed  by  para- 
graph 1224,  Army  Regulations. 

86.  When  mobilized  by  order  of  the  President  in  event  of 
actual  or  threatened  hostilities  "  members  of  the  Regular  Army 
Reserve  shall,  so  long  as  they  may  remain  in  active  service, 
receive  the  pay  and  allowances  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular 
Army  of  like  grades." 

"Any  enlisted  man  who  shall  have  reenlisted  in  the  Regular 
Army  Reserve  shall  receive  during  such  active  service  the  addi- 
tional pay  now  provided  by  law  for  enlisted  men  in  his  arm  of 
the  service  in  the  second  enlistment  period."  (Sec.  32,  act  of 
June  3,  1916.) 

A  reservist  who  complies  with  summons  when  mobilization  is 
directed  by  the  President  and  is  found  physically  fit  for  service 
receives  a  sum  equal  to  $3  per  month  for  each  month  during 
which  he  has  belonged  to  the  reserve.  The  amount  will  be 
credited  on  pay  rolls. 

A  reservist  enlisted  or  furloughed  before  June  3,  1916,  is  en- 
titled, under  the  acts  of  Congress,  approved  August  24,  1912,  and 
June  3,  1916,  to  $5  per  month  from  the  day  of  enlistment,  or  the 
day  following  furlough  to  the  reserve,  to  include  .June  2,  1916, 
and  to  $3  per  month  for  the  period  from  and  after  June  3,  1916, 
to  include  the  day  immediately  before  that  on  which  he  reports 
for  active  service.  If  he  has  not  been  paid  semiannual  pay  at 
$24  per  year  (par.  77)  he  will  be  credited  with  .$2  per  month 
from  and  including  June  3,  1916,  to  include  the  day  immediately 
before  that  on  which  he  reports  for  active  service. 

The  following  remarks  will  be  entered  on  the  first  pay  roll  on 
which  a  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  is  mustered  for 
pay  after  reporting  for  duty : 

(a)  Due  soldier  mobilization  pay  at  the  rate  of  $5  per  month 
($5  per  month  bounty  to  and  including  June  2,  1916,  and  $3  per 
month  bounty  and  $2  per  month  reservist's  pay  from  and  includ- 
ing June  3,   1916)    from  ,  1916    (date  of  enlistment   in 

Reserve  or  day  immediately  after  furlough  to  the  Reserve  be- 
came effective),  to  include ,  1916  (day  immediately  before 

date  of  reporting  for  active  duty). 


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(?))  Due  soldier  commutation  of  rations  at  the  rate  of  50  cents 

per  meal  from  a.  m.,  ,  1916,  (late  of  leaving  

p.  m. 

(place  of  receipt  of  summons),  to a.  m., ,  1916,  date 

p.  m. 

of  reporting  at ,  $ • 

(c)  Due  soldier  $ reimbursement  of  the  actual  neces- 
sary cost  of  transportation  from to .  for  which  no 

Government  transportation  was  furnished. 

The  above  information  with  complete  statement  of  amounts 
paid  will  be  noted  on  soldier's  descriptive  list. 

Reservists  who  report  in  compliance  with  summons  and  are 
rejected  are  entitled  to  transportation  to  and  from  their  homes, 
commutation  of  rations  at  the  rate  of  50  cents  per  meal  for  the 
time  necessarily  consumed  in  such  travel,  and  pay  of  their  grade 
and  length  of  service,  commencing  with  the  date  of  reporting  in 
person  to  the  military  authorities  and  terminating  with  the  date 
of  release  from  military  control  in  order  to  proceed  to  their 
homes.  Before  leaving  camp,  or  post,  or  other  designated  point 
of  rendezvous,  the  rejectetl  reservist  will  be  paid  commutation 
of  rations  at  the  rate  of  50  cents  per  meal  for  the  time  neces- 
sarily consumed  in  traveling  to  and  from  his  home.  This  pay- 
ment will  be  made  on  Form  19,  Q.  M.  C,  using  the  same  remarks 
given  above  and  below  for  pay  rolls.  This  payment  will  be 
noted  on  the  reservist's  descriptive  list.  Upoa  being  discharged 
on  account  of  being  rejected,  final  statements  will  be  issued  by 
the  proper  officer,  using  War  Department  Form  No.  370,  on 
which  the  reservist  will  be  credited  with  all  amounts  due  him  as 
pay  and  allowances,  including  any  amount  due  him  as  reim- 
bursement for  traveling  expenses  incurred  when  ho  Government 
transportation  was  furnished  or  used.  The  remarks  given  above 
for  pay  rolls  are  required  on  this  voucher. 

Reservists  reporting  in  compliance  with  call  will  be  taken  up, 
carried  on  the  roll,  and  paid  for  the  grade  they  hold  in  the 
Reserve,  and  will  be  carrietl  in  the  enlistment  period  in  which 
they  were  serving  when  furloughed  to  the  Reserve.  Pay  for 
active  service  begins  with  the  date  the  reservist  reports  in  per- 
son to  the  military  authorities  in  compliance  with  call  and 
terminates  with  the  date  of  his  relief  from  active  service. 

When  reservists  are  assigned  or  attached  to  a  unit  for  which 
the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  fixes  the  number  of  enlisted  men  in  cer- 
tain grades,  vacancies,  as  far  as  available,  in  such  grades  will 
be  filled  by  assignment  of  reservists,  those  not  within  the  limit 


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authorized  being  attaclied.  Subsequent  vacancies  will  not  be 
filled,  except  by  assignment  of  reservists,  until  the  number  in 
any  grade  is  reduced  below  the  number  authorized  for  such 
grade  in  such  unit.  Commanders  of  regiments,  or  battalions  not 
organized  into  regiments,  will  utilize  vacancies  for  assignment 
of  reservists  attached  awaiting  assignment  and  make  the  neces- 
sary transfers  within  the  regiment  for  such  purpose.  Re- 
servists of  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  Medical  Department,  Ord- 
nance Department,  and  Signal  Corps,  reporting  under  summons, 
will  be  in  addition  to  the  number  in  each  grade  fixed  by  the 
President. 

87.  Transportation  will  be  furnished  a  reservist  directed  to 
report  for  mobilization  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  paragraph 
60.  Reimbursement  for  subsistence  en  route,  at  rate  pre- 
scribed by  paragraph  84,  will  be  credited  on  the  pay  rolls  and 
the  amount  noted  on  the  soldier's  descriptive  card. 

Each  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  who  complies  with 
summons  when  mobilization  is  directed  by  the  President,  and 
who  is  found  physically  fit  for  service,  is  entitled  to  the  allowance 
of  clothing  in  kind,  with  the  initial  and  yearly  clothing  money 
allowance,  authorized  by  Army  Regulations  and  announced  in 
orders  from  the  War  Department  for  other  enlisted  men  of  his 
grade.  This  will  be  issued,  charged  and  settled  for  as  provided 
in  Army  Regulations. 

88.  A  soldier  recently  furloughed  to  the  Regular  Army  Re- 
serve while  at  an  over-sea  station  who  arrives  at  a  port  in  the 
United  States  on  a  Government  transport  may  be  sent  to  a  mili- 
tary hospital  in  the  vicinity  of  such  port,  and  rations  in  kind 
drawn  for  him  as  for  a  discharged  soldier  under  paragraph 
1453,  Army  Regulations.     (Bui.  No.  8,  W.  D.,  1916.) 

DVTIES    AND   EIGHTS   OF   RESEKVISTS. 

89.  On  departure  from  active  service  a  member  of  the  Regu- 
lar Army  Reserve  will  have  in  his  possession  and  retain  until 
his  discharge  his  descriptive  card  and  one  copy  of  these  regula- 
tions (par.  16)  and  the  uniform  clothing  enumerated  in  para- 
graph 51. 

90.  Each  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  will  report 
his  address,  and  any  change  in  name  and  address  of  nearest 
relative  to  the  officer  in  charge  of  his  record  once  each  quarter, 
and  any  change  between  quarterly  reports.  ( Form  444,  A.  G.  O. ) 
(See  par.  16.) 


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91.  Each  member  of  the  Regulai*  Ai-my  Reserve  will  present 
himself  for  identification  about  January  1  and  July  1  to  any 
of  the  officers  described  in  paragraph  10  and  request  such  offi- 
cer to  sign  the  report  of  identification  and  physical  condition 
(Form  575,  A.  G.  O.)  as  soon  as  such  blank  form  has  been 
I'eceived  from  the  officer  in  charge  of  his  record.  Receipt  semi- 
annually of  pay  due  will  depend  upon  his  compliance  with  duties 
indicated  in  paragraph  17. 

92.  Each  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  is  liable  to 
be  summoned,  by  order  of  the  President,  for  annual  field  train- 
ing. His  first  period  of  such  training  will  be  held  after  one 
year's  service  in  the  Regular  Army  Reserve.  He  will  not  be 
summoned  for  a  period  during  which  his  term  of  enlistment  will 
expire.  The  annual  field  training  will  usually  be  held  between 
June  1  and  December  1  in  the  United  States,  the  time  being 
dependent  upon  climate,  availability  of  officers  and  troops  for 
training,  and  the  season  in  each  portion  of  the  country  at  which 
reservists  and  citizens  selected  for  training  can  most  easily  be 
absent  from  their  usual  pursuits  and  most  profitably  be  trained 
in  the  field. 

93.  As  soon  as  a  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  re- 
ceives notice  of  the  time  and  place  for  field  training  he  will  ac- 
knowledge receipt  (Form  574,  A.  G.  O.)  and  will  arrange  his 
usual  pursuits  so  as  to  be  absent  between  thQ  dates  announced. 
Since  most  men  regularly  employed  are  able  to  secure  leave  of 
absence  from  their  employers  for  two  weeks  annually,  this 
leave  should  be  taken  advantage  of  by  a  reservist  at  the  time 
his  duty  as  a  soldier  requires  his  presence  at  field  training. 
The  necessary  travel  to  the  place  of  training  will  usually  in- 
volve less  than  24  hours. 

94.  Each  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  will  take 
with  him  to  the  place  of  training  designated  his  descriptive 
card  (for  identification)  and  the  clothing,  uniform  and  other 
than  uniform,  enumerated  in  paragraph  51.  He  may  purchase 
at  cost  while  at  a  place  designated  for  training  such  articles 
of  clothing  as  he  may  need  to  meet  the  requirements  of  para- 
graph 51. 

95.  A  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  is  throughout  his 
enlistment  period  a  soldier  of  the  Regular  Army.  He  is  subject 
to  military  law  and  is  governed  by  the  Articles  of  War.  He  owes 
the  same  duties  of  obedience  to  his  military  superiors  and  is  in 
turn  entitled  to  tlu>  same  consideration  by  sucli  superiors  as 


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Army  Regulations  enjoin  upon  all  persons  in  the  military  serv- 
ice. For  breaches  of  discipline  he  may  be  tried  by  court- 
martial.  For  loss  or  destruction  of  Government  property 
through  his  neglect  he  may  be  required  to  reimburse  the  Gov- 
ernment through  stoppages  on  pay  rolls.  He  has,  in  case  of 
such  alleged  neglect,  the  same  right  of  appeal  for  investigation 
by  a  surveying  officer  as  has  any  soldier  in  active  service. 

96.  A  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  is  not  eligible  to 
enlist  in  the  Regular  Army,  Navy,  Marine  Corps,  Volunteer 
Army,  or  the  National  Guard  until  discharged,  either  at  the 
expiration  of  his  seven-year  term  of  enlistment  or  until  dis- 
charged prior  to  expiration  of  such  term  in  a  manner  author- 
ized by  law. 

97.  Any  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  who,  without 
having  first  received  a  regular  discharge,  again  enlists  in  the 
Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps  of  the  United  States  or  in  the 
National  Guard  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  or  in  any  for- 
eign army,  shall  be  deemed  to  have  deserted  the  service  of  the 
United  States ;  and,  where  the  enlistment  is  in  one  of  the  forces 
of  the  United  States  mentioned  above,  to  have  fraudulently  en- 
listed therein. 

98.  A  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  is  not  permitted 
to  leave  the  territorial  limits  of  the  United  States,  except  to 
visit  or  reside  in  its  possessions,  without  authority  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War.  Applications  for  such  authority  will  be  for- 
warded through  department  commanders  or  the  other  officers 
charged  with  keeping  reservists'  records.  This  authority  will 
be  granted  unless  hostilities  be  actual  or  threatened. 

99.  Members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  may  be  employed 
in  the  classified  and  unclassified  civil  service,  subject  to  such 
regulations,  examinations,  and  tests  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
the  Civil  Service  Commission. 

100.  Unmarried  members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  under 
30  years  of  age,  citizens  of  the  United  States,  physically  sound, 
who  have  served  honorably  not  less  than  two  years  in  the 
Army  and  have  a  good  moral  character,  may  compete  for  ap- 
pointment as  second  lieutenants.  For  vacancies  in  the  grade 
of  second  lieutenant  created  or  caused  by  increases  of  the  Army 
under  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  one  year's  active  service  with 
an  organization  is  sufficient  for  enlisted  men  otherwise  qualified. 

101.  Unmarried  members  of  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  be- 
tween the  ages  of  19  and  22  years  who  have  served  as  enlisted 


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men  not  less  than  one  year  may  be  selected,  under  such  regula- 
tions as  the  President  may  prescribe,  for  appointment  as  cadets 
to  the  United  States  IMilitary  Academy  under  the  act  of  Con- 
gress approved  May  4,  1916. 

102.  Any  enlistment  of  a  member  of  the  Regular  Army  Re- 
serve in  force  on  the  date  of  the  outbreak  of  war  shall  continue 
in  force  for  one  year,  unless  sooner  terminated  by  order  of  the 
Secretary  of  War,  but  this  shall  not  serve  to  shorten  the  time 
of  enlistment.     (Sec.  31,  act  of  June  3,  1916.) 


INDEX. 


SUBJECT. 

Par. 

Address,  changes  recorded 20 

Address,  quarterly  repoi't  of 18, 19 

Applicant  for  enlistment,  declaration  of 5 

"  Auxiliary  to  the  Regular  Army  Reserve  " 67 

"  Character  "  may  be  modified 39 

Clothing  allowance 87 

Composition  of  Regular  Army  Reserve 2 

Death  of  reservist,  action  taken 23,  42 

Descriptive  card,  copy  to  disbursing  quartermaster 15 

Descriptive  card,  to  place  of  field  training 58 

Descriptive  card,  delivered  to  reservist 17 

Descriptive  card,  carried  by  reservist 89 

Descriptive  card,  delivery  after  confinement 37 

Descriptive  card,  to  place  of  mobilization 68 

Discharge,  date  noted  on  descriptive  card 40 

Discharge,  how  delivered  to  reservist 38 

Discharge,  final,  of  reservist 24 

Disbursing  quartermaster,  notified  on  mobilization 69 

Disbursing  quartermaster,  furnished  copy  of  descriptive 

card 15 

Elimination  of  unfit  (par.  148*,  A.  R.) 33 

Enlistment,   conditions 4 

Enlistment,  grade 22 

Enlistment,  period  in  reserve 3 

Enlistment,   papers  forwarded 21 

Enlistment,  oath  of 6 

Enlistment,   declaration 5 

Enlistment,  period  extended  on  outbreak  of  war 102 

Field  training,  duty  of  reservist 93 

Field  training,  articles  in  possession 94 

Field  training,  certificate  of  sick 49 

Field  training,  clothing  required 51 

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Par. 

Field  training,  descriptive  card  to  place  of 58 

Field  training,  form  of  summons 49 

Field  training,  objects 44 

Field  training,  period 43,92 

Field  training,  place,  time,  manner 46 

Field  training,  provisional  organizations 48 

Field  training,  when  held 45 

Field  training,  ammunition  allowance 53 

Field  training,  arms,  equipment,  etc 54 

Field  training,  pay  for  what  period 56 

Field  training,  service  not  "  active  " 57 

Field  training,  regular  organizations 47 

Field  training,  season 92 

Field  training,  transportation 50,  84,  85 

Field  training,  subsistence 84,  85 

Furlough,  date  due 27 

Furlough,  by  whom  granted 27 

Furlough,  after  one  year's  service 32 

Furlough,  if  awaiting  trial  or  sentence 36 

Furlough,  if  under  sentence 35 

Furlough,  if  absent  from  organization 34 

Furlough,  in  what  grade 26 

Furlough,  if  enlisted  before  November  1,  1916 28 

Furlough,  if  enlisted  on  or  after  Noveiuber  1,  191G 30 

Furlough,  making  time  good  before  eligible  for 31 

Grade,  mobilization 86 

Hospital,  admission  on  arrival  in  United  States 88 

Identification,  semiannual  report  of 10.  91 

Imprisonment,  action  when  sentenced  by  civil  court 41 

Laws  governing  Regular  Army  Reserve 1 

Medical  treatment,  arriving  in  United  States 88 

Mobilization,  at  stations  of  Regular  Army 62 

Mobilization,  arms,  equipment,  clothing 71 

Mobilization,  clothing  allowance 87 

Mobilization,  conditions 59 

Mobilization,  how  effected 60 

Mobilization,  members  Officers'  Reserve  Corps 70 

Mobilization,  notice  by  advertisement 66 

Mobilization,  physically  unlit 72,86 

Mobilization,  raising  organizations  to  maximum  strength.  61 

Mobilization,  Regular  Army  Reserve  units 63 


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Par. 

Mobilization,  organization  of  temporary  units  in  war 64 

Mobilization,  services  of  bureaus  and  departments  on 65 

Mobilization,  transportation  to  place  of 60 

Mobilization,  pay 86 

Muster  rolls,  reservists  dropped  from,  June  30,  1916 14 

Oath  of  enlistment 6 

Pay,  when  furloughed 73 

Pay,  purpose  of  semiannual 75 

Pay,  semiannual 74 

Pay,  semiannual,  when  paid 76 

Pay,  semiannual,  by  whom  paid 77 

Pay,  semiannual  notice  to  disbursing  officers 78 

Pay,  collection  of  indebtedness 79 

Pay,  semiannual  by  check 81 

Pay,  semiannual  suspended  during  active  service 82 

Pay,  field  training,  how  made 83 

Pay,  mobilization  for  having  been  a  reservist 86 

Pay  rolls,  remarks  for 86 

Physical  examination  before  furlough 9 

Physical  examination,  absence  of  medical  officers 8 

Physical  examination,  field  training 11 

Physical  examination,  mobilization 12 

Physical  examination,  kind  of,  on  enlistment 7 

Physical  inspection,  semiannual,  report  of 10 

Property  lost  or  damaged 55 

Records,  transfer  of  present 14 

Records,  where  kept 16 

Regulations  in  hands  of  reservist 17,  89 

Reports,  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  monthly__  23 

Reports,  by  officer  furloughing  reservist 16, 17 

Reports,  by  reservist 90 

Retained  in  active  service,  by  whom 29 

Returns,  reservists  dropped  from,  June  30,  1916 14 

Reservist,  duties 17 

Reservist,  eligible  for  commission 100 

Reservist,  eligible  for  United  States  Military  Academy 101 

Reservist,  employment  in  civil  service 99 

Reservist,  enlistment  period 102 

Reservist,  ineligible  to  reenlist 25 

Reservist,  ineligible  to  enlist 96 

Reservist,  penalty  for  enlisting  without  discharge 97 


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Par. 

Reservist,  permission  to  leave  the  United  States 98 

Reservist,  status , 95 

Sulisistence,  field  training,  en  route  to 84 

Subsistence,  field  training,  en  route  from 85 

Subsistence,  mobilization 87 

StafE  corps,  mobilization,  grade 86 

Transportation,  field  training,  from 85 

Transportation,  field  training,  to 84 

Transportation,  mobilization,  to 60,87 

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